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It becomes girl in large town to be elegant (6)

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I believe the answer is:

classy

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'be elegant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'it becomes girl in large town' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'girl' could be 'lass' (lass can informally mean a girl) and 'lass' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for classy that I've seen before include "showing style ..." , "Sophisticated (colloq.)" , "Elegant and fashionable, posh" , "Stylish (slang)" , "Sophisticated, stylish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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